Contemporary Works for Orchestra (Scores are available for viewing or purchase)

Imps and Ogres, Apparitions for String Orchestra (New version and recording)

Imps and Ogres

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Fantastic Music from all areas ... I hope you like this Compilation ... I wish you all a Fabulous Creative Sunday....Greetings Oliver from Germany

NEW PLAYLIST 07 10 2018 - ENJOY THIS MUSIC

Imps and Ogres, Apparitions for String Orchestra

“Peregrine Variations, Sinfonia Concertante for Bb Clarinet and Orchestra” was completed in October, 2021 in Fairview, TX.  The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 16 ¾ minutes. 
Creative Spirit Online: "Subtitled Sinfonia Concertante, this is a stunning, challenging new major work for clarinet and orchestra, by Dallas-based composer Robert John Brooks.

"Soundcloud listeners to the demo recording have characterized it as 'flying, gliding, hovering, grasping, plummeting: a colorful life of a raptorial bird; the harmonies are warm in spite of dissonances, transitions are liquid, vivid.'”

Printed and electronic copies of the score and parts are available for your viewing or purchase from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com. 

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: <>, >< ) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level
•	The score is transposed.
•	Double Basses with C-extensions are assumed.

Orchestra:
1 Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 1 English Horn, 1 Eb Clarinet, 2 Bb Clarinets, 1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 1 Contrabassoon, 4 F Horns, 2 C Trumpets, 2 Tenor Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba, Timpani,
Percussion (Snare drum, Bass drum, Triangle, Crash cymbal, Suspended cymbal, Tam-tam, Large gong, Medium gong), Solo Bb Clarinet, Strings

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.3 and the Garratin Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library.  For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered. https://EMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Contact information: 
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
Web: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

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Peregrine Variations, Sinfonia Concertante for Bb Clarinet and Orchestra (Mastered by eMastered.com)

Serenade To Yesteryear, a symphonic poem for chamber orchestra

www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com: "Like all of Brooks’s works, 'Airs & Recitations' is a virtuosic construction of densely complex rhythms and rigorous, dissonant pitch combinations. The marvel of it is: there’s tenderness and expressive lyricism packed into his highly organized musical language."

“Airs and Recitations” was completed in December, 2022 in Fairview, TX. The work is in three movements: Andante con moto, Largo espressivo, and Andante con brio.  Performance time is about 18 minutes. Printed and electronic copies of the score and instrumental parts are available for purchase from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com.

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.3 and the Garritan
n Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library. For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered. EMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

"Airs and Recitations" is an approximate transcription of the composer's seventh piano sonata, also posted here on SoundCloud.

Instrumentation:
    Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Bass Trombone, and Strings

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
•	Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information: 
Robert John Brooks,  Fairview, Texas USA
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
Web: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Engraving by the composer
Artwork by the composer
Copyright 2022

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Airs and Recitations - Fantasy for 9 Soloists and Strings (Now published at Creative Spirit Online)

Beauty & the Beast

Creative Spirit Online: "Colorful and engaging from beginning to end, this is the latest of Robert John Brooks’ virtuosic offerings. The three movements (Rondo, Variations and Finale) are scored for large orchestra—a twenty-minute journey through sometimes tender, often energetically playful, occasionally threatening, and ever-changing musical textures. Brooks’ musical gift lies in his ability to create highly structured, clearly defined musical gestures within the context of a challenging and thoughtful harmonic and rhythmic language."

“Contrapunctus III” was completed in February 2024 in Fairview, TX. The work is in three movements: Rondo, Variations, and Finale'. Performance time is about 20 minutes. Printed and electronic copies of the score are available now and instrumental parts will soon be available soon from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com.

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.4.1 and the Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library. For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered. 

Instrumentation:
2 Flutes. 2 Oboes, English Horn, Eb Clarinets, 2 Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Strings

Performance notes:
• Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
• There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
• Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
• Passages marked fff or ppp indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
• Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information:
Robert John Brooks, Fairview, Texas USA
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
Web: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Engraving by the composer
Artwork by the composer
Copyright 2024

Contrapunctus III for Orchestra

“Symphony for Chamber Orchestra - 1st Movt: Allegretto" was completed in August 2024 in Fairview, TX. Performance time is about 12 and 3/4 minutes. Printed and electronic copies of the score and parts will be available soon from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com.

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.4.1 and the Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library. For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered.

Instrumentation:
Flute. Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, and Strings

Performance notes:
• Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
• There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
• Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
• Passages marked fff or ppp indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
• Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information:
Robert John Brooks, Fairview, Texas USA
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
Web: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Engraving by the composer
Artwork by the composer
Copyright 2024

Symphony for Chamber Orchestra - 1st Movt: Allegretto

I originally wrote & produced this song for a songwriting class and it's earned a spot as one of my favorites. This song was also rearranged and sung by my university's jazz ensemble. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/fnYTJ2BTDBw !

Composer/Producer/Vocalist/Lyricist/Guitarist/Pianist:
Christine Lam (Faerie)

Come Hell Or Come Water

Come Hell Or High Water - Faerie

Vocals & lyrics by @dinamn7
Music & mix by @guiville

Will I ever be me
As I'm constantly
Running
Running away
Till I reach the sun
Every step I think I'm there, I am free
But I'm lost, stranded at sea
Who am I?
Who are you?
Who are we?
Will I ever find me?
I never stop being,
I'm not one, but eternal rays of color
Euphoric as I run, each day a new way
Till I finally reach the sun
Will I ever find me?
Till I finally reach the sun

Two Hearts feat. Dinamn

Video out NoW! 
YouTube: https://youtu.be/ep9RUrD_Olo
G I A N T available Now!
Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/G-I-A-N-T/dp/B01N5TK7AL
Spotify:https://play.spotify.com/album/73pU3tHJuEv34oiKkKEv0p?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open

Lemmekno!!!!

Video will be released soon...Stay Tuned!!!

Thank you ALL!!!

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G I A N T

G I A N T (prod. By Ayobeatz)[BRAND NEW SINGLE 2017!!!!] Video link in Description!!!

I would like to personally thank talented Soundclouders Faerie & Guiville for giving me this wonderful opportunity to add strings to their track Outside.  I hope you all enjoy my version and please make sure you visit and support them on Soundcloud.

https://www.facebook.com/ArapaMusic/

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Music & mix @Guiville
Vocals, lyrics & additional arrangements @cthefaerie

There’s a place right off the corner. 
Where they sing old lullabies. 
They sing for us to dream at night.
And so I dreamt of somewhere 
cause we’ve got nowhere now.
But I could show you how…you’ll see.

I’ll meet you somewhere on the outside.
I’ll find you waiting on the outside.
This winter we’re falling like snow
and then darling, we’ll melt like in summertime.
Out there, somewhere on the outside.

I could hear their voices ringing.
Shadows danced away.
Once I saw, I knew I couldn’t stay.
And so I ran into the streets
Looking out to see
If there’s something more for me to be…

So I’ll meet you somewhere on the outside.
I’ll find you waiting on the outside.
This winter we’re falling like snow
and then darling, we’ll melt like in summertime.
Out there, somewhere on the outside.

© 2017 - Music and vocals remain the copyright of Guiville & Faerie.

FolkIndieSinger-SongwriterFemaleAlternativeRelaxAtmosphericVocalStringsViolinwinterChillChilloutBeautiful

Outside Feat. Faerie - Guiville - Heidi-Marie Arapa Mix

BRAND NEW: My first release for more than a half year. It's another powerful part of the successful theme "Pulse Of Steel" - about 3,5 years after composing Part II and about 20(!) years after Part I (meanwhile you can find Part I on my debut CD "Neverending", too). Again it's a very rhythmic and melodic track (after a gloomy intro). So: Let's go and enjoy! :)

WiesenBerg 2017

Pulse Of Steel Part III - Coming Back To Life

Joy Lisney - 'Thread of the Infinite'

Performed live at West Road Concert Hall by Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra, directed by Thomas Gould, 13th May 2017.

Joy Lisney - Thread Of The Infinite (Thomas Gould/Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra)

This work was revised and recorded on 2/12/2022

Video

Snowlight

Orchestra 44 - RockThat

I wanted to write something on the delicate side portraying nature's beauty.

Chunguang Hushui Xiyang Hong (Reflections on a Spring Lake Sunset)

This is part 1 of several parts to a single orchestral piece.  I will release them as they are completed and then I plan to release the overall piece as a single track.  Perhaps this is akin to chapters to a novel?  I hope you enjoy listening.  Thank you.

A Musical Story: Chapter 1

2018-05-04

departure into the realm of sleep

This started from a idea to use a 'V - I'  sequence that has been used though out the ages..  (reminds me of a staircase).
It starts with that downward zig-zag in the bass at the start, accompanying the 1st theme.  (The 'zig-zag' motif becomes the main cell for exploitation.. The opening melody is also that - though 4x faster than the bass)
 Then the R.H. in the next sequence uses that bass line  inverted as a melody (going upward) -  and the LH takes the melody from the opening, though played in the relative major -   becoming a 2 part invention.  And then  it continues to morph..  
Initially my  intention was for this to work in my progressive studies book, but I didn't keep the guard rails on…  and it ran away with me.

Haunted Staircase 51 ……………………………………………………………fnl 1

Created for:
Disquiet Junto Project 0331: Born Under a Bad Sine
What does it sound like when a robot has the blues?

Can’t quite tell for other cities, but believe me: this is  the kind of music robots like to listen to in my hometown when they get sad and low.
Buenos Aires is a melancholic city, and robots are not spared.

I won’t be surprised if this track becomes a hit among robots, my vacuum cleaner got weird while I was mixing this earlier this morning.
Me too, mind...

Bandoneon performed by Olivier Manoury, the rest by D.D.

Created in Paris, France 
Friday 4th May  2018.
Image by Franck V.


More on this 331st weekly Disquiet Junto project (Disquiet Junto Project 0331: Born Under a Bad Sine / What does it sound like when a robot has the blues?) at:
https://disquiet.com/0331/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
https://disquiet.com/junto/

When Robots Cry in Buenos Aires

When Robots Cry In Buenos Aires (disquiet0331)

Coeurs et image  : Lena https://soundcloud.com/user-262019520

Merci Dominique Briand pour tes conseils :)https://soundcloud.com/dominiquebriand

Sleeping  :

Don't blame me
if I sleep
everything is moving too fast
Like a cat
I'd often rather dream
Than live my own life
We recover a lot of strength
When we sleep
The night brings advice
Everything is magic in our dream
Little star of light join the bear

Sleeping

Texte Français et Google traduction

L’AMOUR EST UN AUTRE PAYS

Je laisse le temps et ses colères
Mets en sourdine les jours d’hiver
Me laisse vivre à la romance
Et à l’odeur de l’espérance
Pour ne choisir comme supplice
Qu’le bon du coeur et ses délices.

J’te laissse parler et ne dis rien
Tout est si beau, je m’sens si bien
Je vois en moi se transformer
Tous mes rêves en réalité
Un long voyage haut dans les cieux
Je tourne une page et dis adieu.

C’est tellement vrai tout ce qu’on dit
L’amour est un autre pays
Où les silences en disent long
Quand les regards sont si profonds
Que les caresses aux gants velours
Ne se terminent qu’au petit jour.

Je laisse les folles douceurs me prendre
Sans un combat je veux me rendre
Mon drapeau blanc est haut levé
Faîs donc de moi un prisonnier
Dans une géole toute en satin
Gardes mon âme entre tes mains
Je laisse partir les ombrageux
Les « as de pique » qui font mes jeux
Je ne prendrai que les couleurs
D’un arc en ciel avec tes fleurs,

C’est tellement vrai tout ce qu’on dit
L’amour est un autre pays
Où les silences en disent long
Quand les regards sont si profonds
Que les caresses aux gants velours
Ne se terminent qu’au petit jour.

Je laisse sur place chaque démon
Oubliez-moi, même mon nom
Je ne veux plus dans un miroir
Que la lumière dans mon regard
Et c’est si vrai à ce qu’on dit
Qu’on en meurt pas mais qu’on en vit.

C’est tellement vrai tout ce qu’on dit
L’amour est un autre pays
Où les silences en disent long
Quand les regards sont si profonds
Que les caresses aux gants velours
Ne se terminent qu’au petit jour.

C’est tellement vrai tout ce qu’on dit
L’amour est un autre pays

LOVE IS ANOTHER COUNTRY

I leave time and its anger
Mute the winter days
Let me live to romance
And the smell of hope
To choose as torture
May the good of the heart and its delights.

I let you talk and do not say anything
Everything is so beautiful, I feel so good
I see in me transform
All my dreams in reality
A long journey high in the heavens
I turn a page and say goodbye.

It's so true all that is said
Love is another country
Where silences speak volumes
When looks are so deep
That caresses with velvet gloves
Do not finish until the dawn.

I let the crazy sweets take me
Without a fight I want to go
My white flag is high up
Make me a prisoner
In a satin geology
Keep my soul in your hands
I let go of the shady
The "ace of spades" who make my games
I will only take the colors
A rainbow with your flowers,

It's so true all that is said
Love is another country
Where silences speak volumes
When looks are so deep
That caresses with velvet gloves
Do not finish until the dawn.

I leave on the spot each demon
Forget me, even my name
I do not want in a mirror anymore
That the light in my eyes
And it's so true to what is said
That we do not die but that we live.

It's so true all that is said
Love is another country
Where silences speak volumes
When looks are so deep
That caresses with velvet gloves
Do not finish until the dawn.

It's so true all that is said
Love is another country

L'AMOUR EST UN AUTRE PAYS (Petite chansonnette d'amour)

Instrumental Track.. :) 

It was a pleasure to compose this track with great inputs of ideas from my dear DemeliaDenton .. Thank you.. 

I hope you all will enjoy..

Light Beams From The Golden Spirit

Wonderful stay at Post Ranch Inn  Big Sur California
https://www.postranchinn.com
At the beginning of this song click on the link above then right click On the video and select "show controls" then "double click" on the video and mute the volume icon. Enjoy
Best 7day San Francisco to Los Angeles road trip ever 

Anonymous review
By Mr & Mrs Smith
It is just before dusk as we climb the steep hill to Post Ranch Inn. ‘Look! Look!’ I gasp, pointing to a bright crimson escarpment in front of us. The setting sun’s reflection has turned the mountains opposite, a beautiful electric puce. With a glass of cold chardonnay in hand and after (very few) reception formalities, we are transported to our room courtesy of one of the hotel’s very own executive eco-friendly Lexus Hybrids.

Bauhaus meets Middle Earth here. Forest-coloured redwood and Corten steel has been fashioned into 40 stilt-riding mini houses all designed around geometric shapes, and all in perfect harmony with 150 acres of natural forest and lime green pastures. It can’t have been an easy brief for architect Mickey Muennig. He was given the task of building 40 condo-like hotel rooms, all sensitive to the Big Sur’s craggy cliffs. Muennig apparently climbed trees and high ladders himself in order to cite the best views, affect the maximum privacy and save the redwoods’ roots from concrete. The result is outstanding.

As we drive down the path that leads to our room, the Pacific Ocean glittering to one side, and the grand old redwood dames towering on the other, it is clear why this hotel is considered, by many, to be one of the best in the world. Pfeiffer is our coastal room. (All are named after the pioneers that shaped the land over 150 years ago.)

Once inside, it is clear that the clever design extends to the remarkable interiors. A circular space around the lavish Royal Pedic bed is made cosier by warm redwood walls panels and seascape-hued soft furnishings. Grey and rust-flecked Indian Raja slate lines the deep Jacuzzi bath and the pre-stacked fireplace in our bedroom all breathe ‘calming’, ‘homely’, ‘organic’, ‘inviting’... But the money shot is to be found beyond. From the 30-foot verandah, we get a 180-degree uninterrupted view of the ocean.

It may be tiredness from the long drive, or maybe Mr Smith has something in his eye but I swear I can see him welling up as we stand staring out to sea. A scarlet ribbon of sunset is streaking the sky to the west and the ocean hovering below us is just majestic. There is no perceptible evidence of humanity. No building is visible to the eye; just conifers and berry bushes below, some condors swooping, and, 1,200-foot below, moss-green rocks are audibly being lapped by crashing waves. 

At some stage, it becomes time for dinner, so, guided by environmentally supportive lanterns along the cliff path, we make our way to the hotel’s renowned Sierra Mar restaurant, two minutes' walk. Pretty much every table is taken which, for a Tuesday night, is testament to the superb menu that Craig von Foerster has created.

Although it would be easy to pass your time at Post Ranch floating in the infinity pool staring out to sea, there are many activities and outdoor pursuits. One is Mindful Meditation which fits well with the Big Sur’s hippie roots. Origami’d fresh fruit tempts alongside courgette frittata, buttermilk waffles, sausages, eggs Benedict with avocado and fresh juices – all fuel for our next adventure, the Esalen Centre, a true Californian get-in-touch-with-your-navel retreat centre, further down the coast. 

As we pack our bags, it is clear that the Post Ranch effect has taken hold of Mr Smith. He turns to me, open faced, and says, ‘Mrs Smith, this has been one of the best hotels, ever.’ I can almost see that zoom-lens shot in his thought bubble.

Clear Spaces

Thanks for visiting. 
What's new:  I have started work on a violin sonata. My new symphony, "Symphony for Chamber Orchestra," is posted and waiting for you.  rjb

Scores and parts for many of my works are available from my publisher Creative Spirit Music Publications. Go to  https://www.creativespiritonline.com and select "Robert John Brooks." There, you can also follow the score while listening to a recording.

My music is fully notated and is intended for live performance by live musicians.

After completing my doctorate in composition in 1979 from UNT, I took 30 years off from composing to join the computer software revolution as a software engineer.  In 2010 I began composing again and have not stopped. So, I find myself beginning (restarting?) a composition career rather late in life...but that's OK.  Most of the works posted here were written since 2010. 

Thanks for visiting.

Imps and Ogres, Apparitions for String Orchestra

Robert John Brooks, Composer